The legends of the Panjâb

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Jiwan Singh Nag ko bul&o, ji
Sankhchiir Nag kobulao, ji :
RajS. Basak called his minion.
" Call Kali Singh and Bhuri Singh
426 LEGENDS OF THE PANJAB.
Eani kahe, " btaJchara ko bulao, ji."
Eaja Basak ne paji ka beta bulay^, ji.
110 Paji ne ake jhukkar saMm kia, ji.
Eaj^ ne hukm lagay^, " bhaichara ko bulslo, j!.
Kali Singh, BMri Singh ko buldo, ji
115 Sutak Patak ko bulao, ji."
Paji ka beta chalk e Srinagal men ave, ji
Ast kul, nau Nag ko bulawS. dekar lave, ji.
Akar Kachahri men bhaiohara ne ' Ram R^m' dhiyae, ji.
" Ai bhaiyo," hath jorke 'araz lagave,
120 " Meri ^araz suno, ji.
Spake the Rani, " Call the kinsfolk."
110 The minion came and saluted respectfully.
The Raja ordered him to call the kinsfolk :
Call Jiwan Singh, the Nag.
Call Sankchiir, the Nag.
116 Call SCitak and Patak.''*
The minion went to Srinagalf
And gave the invitation to the eight families and the
nine Nags. J
Coming into Court the kinsfolk made salutation.
" my brethren," spake (the Raja) with joined hands,
120 " Hear my prayer.
* Popularly Jiwan Singh is the brother, Sankohlir is the father, and
Sfltak and Patak are the sons of Baja Basak. Kali Singh and
Bhiiri Singh are worshipped as godlings along with Gnrii Gugg&, and
are in some way connected with him in the popular imagination.
Sankchfir is prohably meant to be Sankha, one of the chief Nagas, but
Vasuki's father is usually Kasyapa. There are long lists of the kinsfolk
of the Nagas in the Mahdbhdrata, but I cannot trace these names
among them.
t It is very observable that this is the same place as that mentioned
as being the home of Parikshit's kinsfolk.
X These numbers are purely conventional.
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